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Ezra Sagishi ([personal profile] smilestopscars) wrote2019-04-13 03:13 pm

A Room at the Arms Hotel, Saturday Morning

Ezra had had a pleasant NPC encounter or two, yesterday. But in the end, he'd gone to bed alone. Which meant that now he was also waking up alone. And, he was actually pretty okay with that. Especially now that the tug of the pollen had abated. He had a comfortable bed all to himself, and nowhere he really needed to be anytime soon.

So he wasn't in a rush to get up.

Yet.

[ooc: Oooopen for everything that these weekends usually entail!]
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Are You For Real?)

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2019-04-15 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Three for now, + the guys, Kathy sent. Might be good for us to get some alone time if possible. But it might be easier if you come over to get us. He's being squirrely about something.

There was a pause and then,

NOT A WERE PUN I PROMISE OH MY GOD.
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Mona Lisa Smile)

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2019-04-15 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You do? Oh, Kathy wanted to meet him, too. Hers or not, Kathy was a sucker for pretty much all kids. But yeah, that sounds good. Bring him over. I'll come with you and Zeke? Unless you'd rather have some alone time.

Things were complicated in both realities. Kathy wouldn't take it personally if Ezra would rather deal with only one complication at a time.
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Banzai (Neutral Pretty)

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2019-04-15 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
In fairness, Kathy didn't yet either. Or she would have absolutely given him a head's up. Because that wasn't something you just let someone walk in to blind.

Looking forward to it.
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Fond Smile)

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2019-04-15 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Kathy opened the door, all smiles at the possibility it was another kid. It didn't dim any at seeing Ezra or Tiger, just shifted a bit, to something a little more fond.

"Hi," she said, to both of them. "Come on in, we've got food and folks aplenty."
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Talking)

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2019-04-15 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
And Kathy didn't gush over him, either, even though she kinda wanted to. Adorable children were her weakness.

And since pretty much every kid was adorable, it was a pretty debilitating weakness.

"Nice to meet you," she said, not minding his tone. It could be rough on a kid, showing up here. "Help yourself to whatever food you'd like. And if you're looking for Dante, he's right over there."
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Innocence--Ponytail)

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2019-04-15 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Kathy nodded, glancing over at Zeke. She knew he was as aware of his father as Ez was of him and that he hadn't come over already was probably a sign. "I'm terrified of what's going to happen when he wanders off onto the island," she said. "It's going to be havoc. He's the best parts of you tempered by the best parts of me, I think."

She had a feeling that it was Zeke she was going to have the hardest time saying goodbye to on Monday.
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Thoughtful)

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2019-04-15 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
It was never just that.

"I don't know," Kathy said softly. "The conversation keeps getting mysteriously changed whenever I try to ask."
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Intense)

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2019-04-15 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"I was thinking the same, actually," Kathy admitted. "He might be willing to open up a little bit more when it's just family."

She raised her voice a bit, still not very loud, but she was pretty sure he could hear them anyway.

"Zeke? Would you come here, please?"
bouncy_foxkit: (zeke: thinking)

[personal profile] bouncy_foxkit 2019-04-15 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Could he pretend to have gone deaf? Probably not. Especially when he'd pretty much been listening in on their entire conversation. He'd tried not to. He hadn't wanted to, but it wasn't like he could block out his dad's voice.

A moment passed before he turned, though. He was slow about crossing the room - trying for casual but failing to hit it and anyway, there was little that was casual about the way he only barely glanced up at Ezra when he came to the door. And didn't say anything.

It looked like teen angst but felt like his throat was closing up.
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Contemplating)

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2019-04-15 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"C'mon, darling," Kathy said, slipping her hand through his and squeezing. Her voice was soft, not bothering to sound cheerful when he was so clearly not okay. "Let's go for a bit of a walk."

She was ready to let go of Zeke's hand the second he wanted it back - but this seemed like a moment where maybe having even a poor shadow of a mom might help.
bouncy_foxkit: (zeke: okay that is worrying)

[personal profile] bouncy_foxkit 2019-04-15 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
She wasn't a poor shadow. Especially right now. Because right now, he was squeezing her hand, and keeping his gaze towards the floor, and shrugging like it was all 'whatever' to him.

To Ezra, he looked exactly like he had the first time he'd shown up, and had misspoken about the Coterie and then looked so worried about it. It squeezed at his heart. "Okay," he said. "This way."

He wasn't going to try and take anyone's hand. Just pushed away from the doorframe and turned so he could head back towards his room.
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Wide Eyes)

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2019-04-15 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Kathy half-wanted to take his though. She could only imagine the dread and discomfort she'd be feeling right now, if their roles were reversed. And, shit, Ez had been dealing with other people's feelings about him so much recently -

She didn't try to talk the whole way to Ezra's room. Whatever was going on was too heavy and too private for the hallway.

Did it always feel this way, to be a parent? Feeling like your heart is breaking because your child was hurting?
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Watching You)

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2019-04-16 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, Zeke, you were killing her.

She walked into Ezra's hotel room, tugging Zeke gently over to the bed where they could sit together. She wasn't sure he'd stay - certainly wasn't going to force him to - but she wanted to be an emotional anchor for him when things got rough.

And from the looks of it, things were already pretty rough.

"C'mon, my love," Kathy said, brushing her fingers over Zeke's hand. "Please, tell me what's going on?"

Maybe if he focused on her, it'd be easier?

(Nothing could make this easier.)
bouncy_foxkit: (zeke: okay that is worrying)

[personal profile] bouncy_foxkit 2019-04-16 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Nothing could make this easier.

Zeke sat down, but only for a few seconds before he was back on his feet. And Ezra thought he knew exactly why: sitting down felt like letting your guard down, like not keeping all your possible exits open for a swift getaway. It was a fox way of thinking in a moment of crisis.

Incidentally, Ezra wasn't sitting down either. He was standing, at a respectful distance, trying to appear calm.

"Do we have to?" Zeke asked, with a flatness that was reminiscent, again, of Ezra at his worst. "Do we have to do this?"
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Hurt/Upset)

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2019-04-16 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Kathy tried not to flinch at that tone, but yeah, too many memories of hearing it. At her was bad. Because of her was worse.

"I...I think so, yes," Kathy said softly. "Because you're in pain and we don't know why. And if we don't know why, we can't mitigate it."

She was guessing that this wasn't really a fixable thing.

"I know that when you're hurt, your want to curl up and keep anyone from knowing that you're vulnerable," she said. "But sometimes what you need is to talk about it, get it out, and let the people who love you take care of you."
bouncy_foxkit: (zeke: okay that is worrying)

[personal profile] bouncy_foxkit 2019-04-16 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
She was so, so off the mark, but Zeke didn't want to, couldn't tell her why that was. Even with his eyes to the floor, he could feel his dad watching him and he couldn't bear to look up.

He could barely bear to breathe in. Damn his senses.

"Whatever it is, we understand, I promise," Ezra tried, softly. "I --"

"No!" Zeke snapped, just to get him to stop talking.

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